I sit here on the couch as my wife watches “Bring it On…Yet Again,” so what better time to get out this week’s comics and line them up, doomino style. Speaking of bringing it on yet again, we’ll start off with Justice League of America Wedding Special #1, in which the villains of the DC…
It’s been happening for a few months now – more and more comics are getting nudged up to that $3.99 price tag. I could go on about how comics were only a buck when I started reading, but the point of this is not just nostalgia – can the comics market really sustain $3.99 cover…
Well, it’s another dud of a week here at the Doomino Effect, because again I’ve only got two books to review. I only picked up three this week, and Captain America: The Chosen was our Book of Doom. Normally, Doom DeLuise provides a weekly Countdown recap, but that didn’t happen again this week, so I’ll…
I told the gang up front that I chose this book to draw attention to Jean-Claude Van Doom’s scoop of the existence of this series back in June. I love me some Captain America, but this book had three of my biggest pet peeves working against it from the beginning: 1. Existing to bring in…
You may recall, back in June, when Jean-Claude Van Doom broke the news of Captain America – The Chosen. And now, nearly three months later, issue #1 is this week’s Book of Doom. As the original news and the following solicitation suggest, Captain America will apparently return, as this series is about his future demise….
In honor of comics being delayed a day thanks to Labor Day, so too is the Doomino Effect a day later than usual. No one can accuse Jim Doom of not being sentimental. And speaking of sentimental, that leads me to Action Comics #855, which continues Geoff Johns’ best attempt at enabling Richard Donner to…
Well, I’ve been arguing about how the 14th Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause applies to Somali refugees over on a pro wrestling message board, so what better motivation could there be to compose this week’s highly anticipated Doomino Effect?! Speaking of high anticipation, I sure was eager to read Countdown #36 this week, after…
How embarrassing! As I sit down to write this, it’s 11:20pm on Tuesday and it just occurred to me that I forgot to write this week’s Doomino Effect!! I even sat here and commented on the site several times today. In my defense, I kept thinking today was Monday. I also kept thinking that yesterday…
Some writers write for themselves. They try to figure out what they, as a reader, would want to read about. Or they might just try to push themselves as writers. Some writers write for the fans. They try to figure out what the fans want, and they try to give it to them. And then…
We’re a little late on this one, because I didn’t realize it was my week until Wednesday night. So instead of picking ahead of time what we’d all experiment with, it instead became a game of “What did we all buy?” Booster Gold #1 would have been a nice Book of Doom, but Jean-Claude Van…